Buxton Beach Bum spotted kicking butt at the Key West half marathon! She even celebrated at the end with a nice cold beer in her Buxton Beach Bum koozie! #Repost@runningcrazycat . Don’t forget to come on in and get your koozies, tees and hoodies! Or check out the online store, link in bio!

Drove north in hopes of securing some sushi and it was worth it. Hatteras paid off again. Far removed from the everyday normalcies most are used to, it is always relaxing to get away to this special place. Sharks tried to ruin our day but we beat them to the catch! #tuna#fishing#hatteras#offshore#goodtimes

I’m hoping the sky clears for tonight’s Blood Moon! // . This is a photograph from 2015’s Blood Moon above the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. . Truth is that night I didn’t want to even go shoot. Kate convinced me that I would regret it if I didn’t go shoot, and I’m grateful that she forced me out there! . It ended up that as soon as I posted the photo to Facebook someone stole it, edited out my watermark, and entered it in a NASA photo competition as their own. It became a top finalist, and several folks from Hatteras realized that someone had stolen it. Thank you all -- especially Brian Van Druten who first alerted me to the theft! Lots of phone calls and emails that night with NASA, and they took the photo out of the contest. Never found the guy who stole it. The funny thing was I had actually entered it as well -- the same photo -- but mine didn’t make it to the finals. Ironic huh? . To top it off, there were a lot of folks who didn’t believe it was real and accused me of claiming that the photograph was shot in camera but in reality created with photoshop. So, I posted the process online because I wanted to encourage folks to see you can create with the camera without the aid of photoshop- and to clear my name from claims of dishonesty. Response was overwhelmingly positive. . Through all of that, the photo became my most purchased print in 2015 & 2016, and in 2016 it won the Award of Excellence at the Dare County Arts Council’s Molly Fearing Exhibit. . So, this photo carries a lot of different feelings for me. It was a learning experience of epic proportions. I learned a lot about copyright law, standing up for yourself, guarding your integrity, oh, and about waiting for the right moment to shoot! . To see the process of creating the shot: https://www.danielpullenphotography.com/cape-hatteras-blood-moon/ . To purchase a print: https://www.danielpullenstore.com/photoprints/blood%20moon . #bloodmoon#danielpullen#danielpullenphotography#hatterasphotographer#obxphotographer#outerbanksphotographer#visitobx#visitnc#hatteras#capehatteras#obx#homesick4hatteras#hatterasisland#hatterasnc#outerbanks#ourstatemagazine#nationalgeographic

Hatteras has left the building!! Our mascot, bodyguard for Elvis Cat, and all around cool dog-cat was adopted today! He came to us in May of 2016. He came from a high-kill shelter where he had been left with a group of cats that the owner could no longer take care of. He started out with a habit of being overzealous with his expressions and was not shy about offering a nip if he felt you stopped petting him too soon. He also was not afraid of dogs and would happily back one down if they dared get in his face, Then he decided that having manners was worth it to get all the love and attention that he desired. And then Elvis came into the picture. Elvis had half of the skin on his face missing and was going through surgery and care to fix him up. Hatteras turned into his best friend and body guard. He became an utter lover boy. Then Elvis passed away suddenly and Hatteras went into a depression. Slowly he came out of it and was back to being sweet, social and acting like a dog. And today he found his forever home. We could not be happier for him and his new people. I am sure the updates will be spectacular. Thank you everyone who helped in his journey to his home. And Hatteras says - don't forget to help him pay it forward and help his good buddy Patrick with his polyp surgery gofundme at https://www.gofundme.com/patrick039s-surgery ) #hatteras#adopted#fureverhome#orangetabby#fatcatsofinstagram

Stormy skies today in Avon on Hatteras. The ocean was strikingly calm despite the clouds. I love going to Hatteras-it’s my go-to spot for processing how I’m feeling & determining my next move. Spend some time in your fave spot this weekend & see what you discover about yourself.

✨how about 15 minutes on Hatteras the waves singing over us la da da da da da la da da da da da da da just a short trip to Hatteras and nothing to bother us it’ll be you and me by the sea... ✨ —lyrics from my song Hatteras, which came to mind as we came in sight of the Atlantic this morning 🙌🏼🌊🙌🏼🌊

Have you ever seen anything in your life more wonderful than the way the sun, every evening, relaxed and easy, floats toward the horizon and into the clouds or the hills, or the rumpled sea, and is gone-- and how it slides again out of the blackness, every morning, on the other side of the world, like a red flower streaming upward on its heavenly oils, say, on a morning in early summer, at its perfect imperial distance-- and have you ever felt for anything such wild love-- do you think there is anywhere, in any language, a word billowing enough for the pleasure that fills you, as the sun reaches out, as it warms you as you stand there, empty-handed-- or have you too turned from this world-- or have you too gone crazy for power, for things? -Mary Oliver, The Sun ♥️